Apparel with purpose; that's the rationale behind The Lalela Scarf, an international luxury fashion brand that exclusively supports Lalela, a non-profit arts education programme for at-risk youth in sub-Saharan Africa. 25 Sep 2019
Designers and brands creating innovative, sustainable work in South Africa's fashion industry were honoured at the inaugural Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, held in Cape Town on Thursday, 19 September. 20 Sep 2019
South African fashion and textile brand Lou Harvey has teamed up with Mr Price Home to launch a colourful collection of soft furnishings, kitchenware, crockery and stationery. 19 Sep 2019
Mozambican fashion designer Eliana Rodrigues Murargy's 'Basking in the Osun River' collection debuted on the runway at New York Fashion Week this month. 16 Sep 2019
Environmental action group Extinction Rebellion is disrupting London Fashion Week to highlight the harms of throwaway culture and the concurrent climate emergency that the clothing market contributes to. 13 Sep 2019
Cape Town-based company Thursdays Lingerie and Swimwear has launched a crowdfunding campaign to assist the label to extend its size range to a G cup. 9 Sep 2019
Cape Town-based lovers of the ethical fashion brand, Sitting Pretty, will be able to shop the full range in-store from 1 September 2019 at The Gardens Centre. The pop-up will be running from 1 September 2019 until end March 2020. 6 Sep 2019
South African talent Thebe Magugu, 26, is the winner of the 2019 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers, a global competition launched by the luxury fashion conglomerate in 2013 to support and honour young design talent. 5 Sep 2019
South African handbag brand WeAllShareRoots (WASR) was created with sustainable development and poverty alleviation in mind. Intent on providing income and employment to underprivileged communities, the production of the company's products is carried out by a small network of local craftsmen, NGOs and small and medium-sized businesses. 2 Sep 2019
The South African Furniture Initiative's (Safi) furniture directory will be unveiled at the SARCDA Expo, which is being held at the Gallagher Estate in Gauteng from 22 August to 25 August 2019. 23 Aug 2019
Luxity, a South African retailer of pre-owned luxury goods, has seen increased web traffic for items in the luxury second-hand market, hinting at growing public interest in the segment. Overall, the company's top five performing brands are Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Hermès and Christian Louboutin. 19 Aug 2019
This week, Steve Madden, the U.S. designer and marketer of footwear and fashion accessories, acquired two privately-held fashion brands; namely Greats Brand, Inc. and BB Dakota. Greats is a digitally native footwear brand specialising in premium sneakers made in Italy while BB Dakota is a contemporary women's apparel company. 16 Aug 2019
Country Road's first Teen collection, catering for pre-teen and teen girls and boys aged 8-16, will launch in South African stores this August. 14 Aug 2019
Pep Clothing (PepClo), a division of Pepkor Holdings, is celebrating 50 years of production in South Africa. The company - which is SA's largest clothing manufacturer under one roof, employing just over 2,000 people - has reached this milestone birthday despite operating in a strained garment manufacturing environment over the last few decades. 13 Aug 2019
Penny Parolis has been in the luxury lingerie business for nearly 30 years. With a background in education, she switched her career focus in 1993 when she founded PDL Distributors with her husband and children, specialising in importing and distributing heritage brands of lingerie, swimwear, shapewear and hosiery to the South African market. 12 Aug 2019
The anticipated collaboration between global retail giant H&M and South African label Mantsho will be available from 15 August 2019 in all South African stores, all H&M online markets as well as exclusive flagship stores around the world. 7 Aug 2019
Italian underwear, clothing and swimwear brand, Yamamay, has opened the doors to its first store in South Africa. Located at Menlyn Park Shopping Centre in Pretoria, the flagship store stocks the international brand's trendy range of underwear, corsetry, swimwear, nightwear, clothing and accessories. 30 Jul 2019
Local fashion retailer Refinery is set to make waves across the local industry with its new spring campaign which embraces diversity, encouraging others to be unashamedly, authentically themselves. 24 Jul 2019
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